Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), has confirmed that the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has entered a $9 million (€7.8m) default judgment against Brandon Weibley, a long-time digital piracy operator. Weibley ran multiple illegal streaming services, including Beast Mode Live, GreenWing Media, Viking Media, BTV, Von Wik, […]
Spain’s regulator CNMC, together with the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function and leading stakeholders from the audiovisual sector, has launched the signing process for a new co-regulatory agreement designed to enhance the protection of minors and improve audience information across audiovisual services. The agreement introduces a unified age-rating and content descriptor system that […]
As part of their efforts to combat digital audiovisual piracy, also developed in anticipation of the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup, financial officers from the Crotone Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police), with the support of the Special Unit for the Protection of Privacy and Technological Fraud and the Special Unit for […]
As the football World Cup kicks off, EU and national policymakers should rein in automated web-blocking systems that allow private parties to restrict access to online services without proper judicial oversight, warns trade body the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe). It contends that these anti-piracy systems rely on blunt blocking of Internet Protocol […]
A number of trade bodies in the broadcast and publishing industries have written to EU ministers ahead of the Telecommunications Council meeting taking place on June the expressing their concern over what they describe as “harmful measures” in the European Union’s Digital Omnibus. The text of the letter is below: Media concerns on the Digital […]
The Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) has fined telecom operators Meo, Nos, and Vodafone, along with consulting firm Accenture, a combined €13.3 million for entering into an anti-competitive agreement. The penalties stem from a December 2021 accusation that the companies colluded to insert 30 seconds of advertising before users could access automatic TV recordings. This was […]
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) is inviting legislators to deepen their partnership with the agency in advancing key amendments to the Intellectual Property (IP) Code and related legislation, as the law marks its 29th anniversary, citing the need to modernise the IP framework in step with evolving technological and economic realities. IPOPHL […]
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is to hold a further evidence session on June 10th as part of its enquiry into the BBC Royal Charter Review. The BBC’s relationship with online platforms and social media and the importance of impartiality will be among topics under discussion. MPs will […]
The FCC has opened the important AWS-3 auction of frequencies, the first spectrum auction in four years, with two rounds taking place on June 2nd. The AWS-3 auction offers 200 5G-grade spectrum licences in mostly local markets. The licence areas included in this auction are home to over 100 million consumers across 48 states, two […]
Criminal networks making millions from illegal access to premium sports broadcasts, film and television channels have been targeted in a major international operation coordinated by Bulgaria with Europol’s support. The seven-month operation resulted in 29 arrests, the dismantling of nine organised crime groups and the removal of over 27,000 illegal streaming URLs. Operation KRATOS 2 […]